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DA Form 7595-1-11 is a Department of the Army form in the DA series. Title of record: Control Bleeding Using an Emergency Bandage. Function: apply a pressure dressing to an open wound. The edition presently published bears the date March 2014, with a status of not stated. Physical extent is 2 page(s) and about 197 fillable fields.
Proponency for the form rests with TRADOC. The governing authority is TC 8-800, which establishes the circumstances of use and the required routing. Preparation falls to the individual named in the entries or to the unit administrator acting on that individual's behalf; review and signature follow the chain set out in the governing authority.
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What the form asks for
- A_1_F
- A_1_F1
- A_1_P
- A_1_P1
- A_2_F
- A_2_F1
- A_2_P
- A_2_P1
- A_3_F
- A_3_F1
- A_3_P
- A_3_P1
- B_1_F
- B_1_F1
- B_1_P
- B_1_P1
- B_2_F
- B_2_F1
- B_2_P
- B_2_P1
- B_3_F
- B_3_F1
- B_3_P
- B_3_P1
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Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 7595-1-11?
- Control Bleeding Using an Emergency Bandage
- Which edition is current?
- March 2014
- Who is responsible for this form?
- TRADOC
- In which formats can it be downloaded?